Jul 262010
Jul 252010
Another view of the Foster’s Ship’s Chandlery on Customs Street, Auckland City, showing new construction to the left of the image.
Jul 022010
Jul 022010
Newman Hall, Waterloo Crescent, Auckland City.
Feb 012010
A group of late night bar patrons approaches the back of The St James Theatre. Once one of the most sumptuously decorated cinemas in Auckland, along with nearby Civic Theatre, The St James is now nearly derelict. A monument to a bygone era, its seating and projection booths are gathering dust.
A couple of people relax on a piece of grass that lies between older buildings to the left, and new construction to the right, near Tyler Street. This whole area, that once contained a character-filled art deco bus terminal and surrounding curio shops, is being brutally torn to pieces in an attempt to “modernise” the city. Nearby, a 26 level tower has just been proposed by developers behind the historic Rose and Crown Tavern. A large sign on the front of the small building near the centre of the picture encourages prospective purchasers/developers to build a high rise building that will dwarf those on either side of it.
Auckland Electric Power Board
Architecture, Colour
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Jan 292010
Auckland City and the surrounding suburbs have several buildings belonging to The Auckland Electric Power Board that are Art Deco in Design. They can be found in various places throughout central Auckland. This particular one sits on the Eastern side of the beginning of Tamaki Drive, and was built, as the sign states, just after the Second World War.
Jan 172010
Stretching from the bottom of Parnell Rise at The Strand, continuing up the hill to Newmarket and hugging the coast to the Railway lines, Parnell is one of Auckland City’s oldest established suburbs. With a closer proximity to the inner city than Remuera, and a longer history as a gentrified suburb than Ponsonby or Grey Lynn, Parnell is home to classic architecture that covers everything from the 19th Century Villa, to English style brick and tile semi-detached, to Spanish bungalow – all at a premium price tag. This Spanish style villa sits on St. Stephens Avenue.
Expensive designer clothing stores line the bottom of the Bucklands Building. One of our oldest buildings still standing, built around 1897 but not named until 1936 when J.H Buckland & Co. Ltd moved in with their enigneering supplies business. It is currently interim office spaces and the top floor is a very nice place to work in indeed. It is due for a complete restoration as part of the Britomart district redevelopment plan.